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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Tuberculosis among Adult Household Contacts of Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Treated in Public Health Facilities of Haramaya District, Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is an infectious airborne disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It still remains a major public health problem which affects all age groups. Risk of exposure is higher in household contact than members of the general population. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was t...

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Autores principales: Adane, Abinet, Damena, Melake, Weldegebreal, Fitsum, Mohammed, Hussein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7007743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32047665
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6738532